Hope women’s tennis season ends in NCAA 2nd round

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May 9, 2014 at 11:09 PMMay 9, 2014 at 11:09 PM

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The Hope College women's tennis team lost to eighth-ranked Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 5-2 in Friday's regional semifinal at the NCAA Division III Tournament in Chicago.Coach Adam Ford's Flying Dutch finished the 2014 season with a 17-6 record. It was their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and ninth overall.Hope earned one point apiece in singles and doubles play.The No. 1 doubles team of freshman Nancy Benda and junior Carli Capestany defeated Carnegie Mellon's Katie Cecil and Bryn Raschke 9-8.At No. 1 singles, Benda beat Carnegie Mellon's Angela Pratt 6-4, 7-5.The match was played indoors at the XS Tennis facility. University of Chicago was the regional host.

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